Reel or swift



(No Model.)

Patented Jan. 27,1891.

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EPHRAIM G. SHREVE, OF LONG BRANCH, NEV JERSEY.

REEL OR SWIFT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,414, dated January 2*?, 1891.

Application filed July 30, 1889. Serial No. 319,169. (No modeL) To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM G. SHREVE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Branch, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adj ustable Reels or Swifts; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inven tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

My invention relates to improvements in adjustable reels or swifts; and the object of the invention is to produce a very simple device on which skeins of yarn, twine, or thread can be supported during the action of winding of it on a ball, spool, or otherwise; also, to facilitate the ready adjustment of the device to suit different sizes and lengths of skeins; furthermore, to secure it in an easy and expeditious manner to a table, workstand, or any other suitable object or place, and finally to produce such a device at a very small expense, so as to be within tbe reach of all persons requiring the same.

My invention consists of the construction of certain details and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described hereinafter, and specifically pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters indicate similar parts in the different figures of the drawings,in which- Figure l represents a front elevation of the improved adjustable reel or swift. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on line :c @c of Fig. l, with wire E removed.

In the drawings, A represents the clamp, and B the thumb-screw by which the device is secured to the table, stand, or any other object or place suitable for support-ing said device. To the center of the clamp A a rod C is loosely secured, so that it can freelyT re volve, and upon one end of said rod a coiled spring c is placed to give elasticity to the winding device, hereinafter described, while revolving with the skein. Upon the rod Gis placed a tube D, through which and the rod C the two' opposite ends of the U-shaped wires E E passB These wires are bent at e so as to form the rectangular part f, upon which the skeins of yarn or twine are placed for winding them into a ball on a spool or in any other manner desired. Said wires E E have the branches thereof passed side by side in opposite directions through slots in the rod C and tube D. To one of the outer ends of the wires E F. the cross-heads or sliding heads F are firmly secured and in such manner that they can be moved toward or from each other and to or from the U-shaped outer ends of the other, and they are of the section best shown in Fig. 3 and have their other eye loosely fitted on the other wire, so that the opposite wires can freely slide upon each other. The heads F are respectively secured to the free ends of the wires E E thus: Two heads are secured to the free ends of the wire E, and the other two heads are secured to the free ends of the wire E', and the eyes of the heads F of the wire E slide on the two branches of the wire E while the eyes of the two heads F of the two branches of wire E slide on the two branches of the Wire E. In this manner the Wires are adjusted to suit the different sizes of skeins, and after they have been so adjusted they are securely clamped, so as to prevent their moving together, by a thumb-n ut G, which bears against the end of the tube D, and thus firmly secures the Wires in place between the rod C and the tube D by forcing the tube in one direction while drawing the rod in the opposite direc tion The operation is as follows: The clampingpiece A is first attached to a table or other desired place, and the skeins of yarn, twine, thread, the., are then placed on the rectangular pieces of the wires, which are then distended in opposite directions to suit the size of the skein, when the thumb-screw G is tightened, by which the wires are secured in their distended positions and the winding is con1- menced.

Having thus described my invention, whatl claim, and desire 'to secure by Letters llatent, is

l. An adjustable reel or swift for yarn, twine, the., consisting of a clamp, a rod at-V IOC) tached loosely thereto, and L tube on said rod, in combination with the wires E E', bent as shown, and the tube D and thumb-nut G, all as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the wires E E', bent as shown and movable in opposite directions through a tube and rod Aattached to a clamp, and the spring e and thumb-nut G, arranged as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The adjustable reel or swift for yarn and twine herein described, having two wires bent, as at e, to forni the part f, in Combina` tion with a rod C and tube D, the clamp A, with screw B, and the spring c and the thumbnut G, all constructed as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EPHRAIM G. SHREVE.

A fitnessesr T. C. BRECHT, GEO. XV. LINKINS. 

